1960 Ghia in movie

["jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

When you freeze the video, its easy to see its not a Ghia.The Ghia is on a sedan body for one thing & your right about the pillar. It appears that something is just stuck in there to give it the appearance of a sedan. If they had done a little more research, they would have also realized the trim around the doors. The back part of the roof looks as though it is built up bondo & I don't think it stops at the correct part of the roof. Thank heavens, they couldn't find a real Ghia. This is bad enough. I don't care much for Jim Carrey anyway. I'll like him a lot less now.

John

----- Original Message -----

From: Kenyon Wills

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Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 3:11 PM

Subject: Re: IML: 1960 Ghia in movie

I was not allowed to say anything until this went public but got to deal with the buyer of the car when he was doing his search for one.

 

They looked for a Ghia and were unable to find one. 

 

They made their own. out of a regular Crown.  If you inspect the paused railroad track scene, you can see where the rear door used to be before they blanked it out.  The B pillar looks wierd, too.  Didn't they use pillared sedans (with aluminum window frames) as the basis for the Ghias?

 

The guy that sources all the cars for movies like Fast & Furious wrote into the website awhile back looking for one.  They were in a big rush and were willing to pay anything to get what they needed.  Looks like a slap-dash job, and I wonder if they would have tarnished down a nice car to get it looking like that or if they would have left it alone.

 

The real question is:  What will become of that car?  Anybody in LA interested in looking into it?  Might be a fun car to roll around in.

 

-Kenyon

 

Jeff Ingraham <jeff_ingraham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,
This came into the webmonsters group and I looked
at the trailer and I can't tell if it is really a Ghia
or if it is a "made up" Ghia like 1960. I can't be
sure.
But...
I am VERY nervous about the car stuck on the railroad
tracks and the sound of a train coming. The thought
of em destroying a 60 Ghia for a stupid movie is
enough to make me sick. I guess I will have to wait
and see!
Jeff


--- Imperial Swanky wrote:
> From: "Imperial Swanky"
> To:
> Subject: Re: IML-Webmonsters: Imperial Mailing List
> - Online Car Club
> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 15:06:06 -0400
>
> Hi,
> I thought I'd send it to you so you could
> share with everyone.
>
> The new movie coming out "A Series of
> Unfortunate Events" has a 1960 Imperial Ghia in it.
> You can see the car in the trailer here:
>
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/lemony_snickets/

> -Tim


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